KYIV — Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could be heard in the pre-dawn quiet of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its south coast on Thursday, officials and media said, after President Vladimir Putin authorised […]
SRINAGAR — An army soldier died after coming under a shed that collapsed due to snow inside Badami Bagh Cantonment area of Srinagar city. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a soldier of Field Ordnance Depot) was standing beside a shed when its roof collapsed leaving the soldier injured. He was shifted to […]
URI — Armed forces on Thursday arrested a man from Bangladesh in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district for traveling to India without any passport. Sources said that the Indian army handed over a Bangladeshi national to Jammu and Kashmir Police after detaining him in border area Uri. Uri is very close to the LoC (Line of […]
J&K Rajbhawan initiates process to bring back all students safely, say officials; JK Students Association issues SoS, helpline numbers SRINAGAR — As Russia announced military operations in Ukraine, at least 180 Kashmiri students are stuck in Ukraine while as Jammu and Kashmir administration has initiated measures to bring back all the students on war footing […]
KYIV — At least seven people have been killed, nine others injured by Russian shelling, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had appealed to world leaders to impose all possible sanctions on Russia, including on President Vladimir Putin, saying that the Kremlin leader wanted to destroy the Ukrainian state. […]
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a military operation in Ukraine as “an unprovoked and unjustified attack” and that the “world will hold Russia accountable” for the subsequent developments. In a statement issued by the White House, Biden said that “Putin has chosen a premeditated […]
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute plea on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war ‘in the name of humanity’, after the Russian leader announced a military operation in eastern Ukraine. “President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia,” Guterres said, speaking […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Thursday forecast “moderate rain and snow at scattered places of J&K” in next 48 hours and dry weather thereafter till February end. “As expected, rain/snow decreased significantly since last night but weather is overcast in Kashmir, cloudy in Jammu and partly to generally cloudy in Ladakh,” said a meteorological department, adding, […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 14,148 fresh Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday morning. A total of 302 new Covid-related fatalities were also recorded in the same time span taking the death toll to 5,12,622. Meanwhile, the active Covid cases have reduced to 1,48,359 which constitute 0.35 […]
SRINAGAR — Many passengers were left stranded at the Srinagar International airport as flight operations were hit adversely on Thursday morning due to poor visibility which has delayed many departures or arrivals so far. Director, Airports Authority of India, Srinagar, Kuldeep Singh told GNS that delays are occurring “due to visibility issues”. Reportedly one flight […]